Elevator Boys Chapter Three
Liam’s Pov:
I wake up to a hazy light. Everyone is still asleep around the Elevator expect one. She is silently removing herself from Louis’s lap. Her hood is still up but her shoes are off. She has crazy mixed matched socks on, and is unbraiding her long hair. Without looking up she blushes but then becomes defensive again. “What are you looking at?” She snaps.
“You.” I reply. She still doesn’t look up but she tucks her hair carefully into her hood. “The generator is working.” She states.
“I noticed. How old are you?” I asked again.
“It doesn’t matter. Younger than you though, but I’m old enough to work but younger than you. There now you have some choices.”
“Take of you hood.”
“I’m cold so no.” She smiled but I could barely make out her face.
I muttered maybe because it was because she wasn’t on Louis anymore. “This generator is not very good.” I was stating the obvious.
“Probably means they are working on getting us out of here since were like famous.” Said Harry, he must have just woken up.
“Wow playing the famous card, low real low.” She muttered. I don’t think she is a fan.
Everyone was awake now listening to our conversation. We decided to search the elevator for a restart button or service to use our phones. The generator flickered momentarily, but everyone was still groping around since it was only enough to make out shapes, not brightness.
Megan’s Pov:
“I found service!” Liam called from a bottom corner of the Elevator.
“Yay!” Cheered Niall. I wish I could admit I was their fan, and start freacken out. But the feeling wouldn’t come. “Call Paul and security!”
“Hello Paul? PAUL! ……. We not there….. We are in the elevator…… Because it BROKE down…..” Liam was almost yelling now.
Everyone was crowded around Liam so I went to the middle of the elevator, hoisted myself onto the rails and felt along the ceiling.
“OKAY THANKS PAUL WE ARE BREAKING UP CONNECTION BYE!!!” shouted Liam so abruptly that I lost my footing and fell down.
“Damn!” I yelped
“Are you okay” Louis crouched next to me.
“Fine” I growled.
“Paul said that he talked to the hotel technicians and they said that the power is on everywhere else. The Elevator needs to be reset, and they usually can do that but.” He just stopped.
“What!?” I asked my voice rising.
“Well you see he said when the power went out the Elevator stopped in between floors, and they can’t get to us. So we have to set the alarm off and the elevator will work. Problem is the alarm is on the outside of the elevator…… One of us boys is going to have to go activate it.” He finished.
“I’ll go” said Zayn, and Niall at the same time.
“Um who wants to go between you to, it’s kind of dangerous. Since the elevator moves right when you activate it. “
“I’ll go” I said and I meant it. The world needed them; I’m sure I wouldn’t die but the hotel could be sued or get bad press if one of them got hurt here.
“No” Harry spoke up for the first time.
I spun to face him and said yes.
“Fine she can go.” Liam said. Louis nodded and so did the others. Zayn looked reluctance and said he was stronger though.
“I’m tough.” I replied.
“Okay she goes but you have to take your hoodie off so it doesn’t get in the way.” Said Louis.
“Okay but I want someone’s hat.”
“Here take mine.” Zayn handed me a black hat. I took off my sweatshirt and put my hair up in a braid again. I slipped his hat on and asked him to hoist me up to the hatch. Louis and him came over and I stepped on their hand with my socks not helping with my balance.
“Nice socks” Snickered Harry.
“I like them” said Louis. I muttered thanks and looked smugly at Harry.
“Alright on three. One two Three, Go!” Louis and Zayn lifted me to the ceiling where I turned the handle and pushed. The door opened and they pushed me up through. I crawled over the different cables and wires. There was a small electrical box and I pried it open. In side were two cables one undone, the other half out of the socket. It looked like someone had messed with it not a power outage. I pushed the thought aside and plugged them in. They weren’t going in so I stood up and pushed them in again. The elevator lurched up the suddenly down fast. I lost my balance and hit my head on some metal bolt. I crawled over to the hatch, the air whipping at my bare arms. I slid down the opening not caring about who was below.
When the elevator finally stopped moving I found myself on Zayn and Louis. Niall was the only one still standing then he lost his footing and fell on me.
“Well that worked” muttered Zayn.
“Get off of me!” I yelled.
“Geez defensive much” whispered Harry.
I responded. “Yeah got a problem with that?”
“Is everyone okay?” Liam interrupted us.
“Is Everyone Okay, What kind of question is that? A girl just fell from the ceiling on our watch, we just fell down an elevator shaft and we are all starving.” Niall exclaimed angrily.
“I’m just trying to help!” Liam responded.
I watched as Liam and Niall started to argue. Louis started defending Liam, and then Niall yells out if everyone is against him? Harry says something sarcastic and Niall tries to punch him but my instincts take over. I grab his outstretched fist and twist his arm, spin him around and knee him in the back of the knee and he falls down with me holding him.
“Geez! I can fight my own battles! I don’t need some girl sticking up for me!” Liam walked over to apologize to Niall.
“Really?” I responded sarcastically.
“Yeah.” Harry said.
“Bring it!”
“Harry calm down!” Zayn.
“She’s going to get it!” I was so angry I ducked around Liam who was in my way and kicked Harry in the shin, he lurched forward slightly, trying to grab me, but I moved to his side and centered my elbow right in the middle of his back. I felt sort of bad so I broke his fall a little and then let him drop to the ground.
“Anyone else” I snarled, I was not happy.
Zayn steps forward hand up in surrender. “You need to apologize, to everyone. Louis!” he motions to Louis who was behind me, and he wraps his arms around me and I struggle, but he is too strong for me.
